I have a Jaunt round the Glasgow West End notice boards to see what’s going on in the centre of the universe but I also rely on mailing lists and you getting in touch with your events. The listings are free for charitable organisations – small charge for profit making events. Notre Dame School music pupils compose with Scotland’s contemporary music ensemble Red Note
Red Note Ensemble are taking their New Music Makers workshop to Notre Dame School this month, working with music teacher Lindsey Millar and pupils studying Advanced Higher and Higher Music, before culminating in a performance on 22 June, 2017. New Music Makers is an exciting and ambitious programme to support the development of […]
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people
British Piano Music: Peter Seivewright, Mackintosh Queen’s Cross,Wed 21 June, 2017
Peter Seivewright Mackintosh Queen’s Cross 870 Garscube Road, G20 7EL Wednesday 21 Jun 7:30pm Tickets £8 in advance, £10 at the door Join soloist Peter Seivewright for an intriguing recital of British piano music, played on the Mackintosh’s fabulous concert Steinway. Programme: John Bull (b.1562) – Walsingham Variations Peter Thorne (b.1955) – Toccata Cyril Scott […]
West End Festival: Bard at the Botanics, Timon of Athens, 22 and 23 June, 2017
Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, G12 8QX Thursday 22 Jun 8:00pm Friday 23 Jun 8:00pm £22.50/£15 (Concession) For details of other shows see: www.bardinthebotanics.co.uk Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, G12 0UE Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts, ostentatious host, Timon of Athens showers gifts and hospitality on […]
Monday, June 19, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Botanic Gardens Bicentenary 1817 – 2017, West End Festival 2017, West End Festival Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Rhubarbfest, Woodlands Community Garden, CCA, 25 June, 2017
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD 25 June, 2017 – 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Woodlands Community Garden invite you to an afternoon of re-discovering an old-fashioned vegetable and its versatility – rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb! It’s colourful, it’s beautifully nutritious, it’s easy to grow and it comes in abundance – but how much do we […]
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West End Festival: Requiem for Solstice University Chapel, Wednesday 21 June, 2017
University Chapel University Avenue, G12 8QQ Wednesday 21 June, 2017 9:00pm Free entry Celebrate the Longest Day with a late evening concert by candlelight in the tranquil surroundings of the University Memorial Chapel. The Chapel Choir present a programme of reflective music including a Requiem mass setting. The University Chapel, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University […]
Red Raw, The Stand Comedy Club, Tuesday 20 June, 2017
Part of West End Festival Red Raw Stand Comedy Club 333 Woodlands Road, G3 6NG Tuesday 20 Jun 7:30pm £3 www.thestand.co.uk Our long-running weekly new comedy showcase is regarded as the best open mic night in the UK. Catch up to ten new acts – some treading the boards for the very first time. This […]
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West End Wildlife, Hillhead Library, Byres Road, Tuesday 20 June, 2017
(By Hildesvini (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons) Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, G12 8AP Free entry Jim Coyle MBE of Friends of Glasgow’s Local Nature Reserves, illustrates the birds and other wildlife to be found during a typical year in the gardens, parks and open spaces of Glasgow’s west end. He will also explain […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, West End Festival 2017, West End Festival Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Merzcia, E.P. Launch, Glasgow Jazz Festival, The Hug and Pint, 21 June, 2017
Join Merzcia for the launch of their debut EP as part of this year’s Glasgow Jazz Festival! Mezcla is a Glasgow-based World Jazz/Fusion ensemble led by bass player David Bowden (BBC Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year 2017). The band is already garnering attention for its blend of soulful jazz fused with energetic grooves […]
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Saturday, June 17, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
West End Festival: Glasgow Piano City: Lids Open Day Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, 18 June, 2017
Mackintosh Queen’s Cross 870 Garscube Road, G20 7EL Sunday 18 Jun 10:00am Free Entry, but to play pre-booking required via www.glasgowpianocity.org. www.crmsociety.org Come and play three remarkable pianos at Mackintosh Queen’s Cross! Play the historic Steinway grand piano and the unique Broadwood upright (designed by Baillie Scott) as well as ‘Beatrix Rose’, the newly created […]
Friday, June 16, 2017 | Filed under: West End Festival 2017, West End Festival Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
West End Festival: Amicus Orchestra, St Mary’s Cathedral, Saturday 17 June, 2017
St Mary’s Cathedral, 300 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9JB Saturday 17 June, 2017 7.30 p.m. Tickets at the door £10/Concessions £8/£5/ƒree www.westendfestival.co.uk Festival Highlights
| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, West End Festival 2017, West End Festival Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Gaelic King, Scots Brothers’ Budget Braveheart On Sale Worldwide
THE Gaelic King, is a historical fantasy action film set in Scotland – made by five brothers from two Scots families – it goes on sale worldwide next month (July 10, 2017). The 90-minute-long film was shot entirely on location in Scotland, including scenes in the brothers’ parents’ manse home in Stirlingshire. It is being […]
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| Filed under: Cinema
Dance Explosion: a film by Ripple Arts & Goat Media CCA Sun 18 June 2017
The Work Room & Dance House Glasgow Dance Explosion: a film by Ripple Arts & Goat Media Sun 18 June 2017 3pm, £4 (£2) + £1 booking fee, Cinema All ages / F-Rated Book online / 0141 352 4900 This documentary celebrates Scotland as a world leader in community dance. Structured around the 12 violin […]
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The Birds, GFT, 18 and 21 June, 2017
Loosely based on the 1952 du Maurier novelette, Hitchcock’s 49th film is one of his most enduringly strange and expertly constructed. Wealthy San Francisco socialite Melanie (Tippi Hedren) follows love interest lawyer Mitch (Rod Taylor) to a small Northern California town to play out a practical joke. Soon after her arrival, a seagull attacks her. The situation in the sleepy town slowly takes […]
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The Blind Chist, GFT, 21 June, 2017
Michael believes he is Christ, everyone else thinks he’s a fool; only a miracle can repair their faith. Hearing of an old friend in desperate need, he embarks on a barefoot pilgrimage through the Atacama Desert, an area blighted by an exploitative mining industry and in dire need of faith in something. Chilean-born filmmaker Christopher […]
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The Match Factory Girl, GFT, Monday 19 and Wednesday 21 June, 2017
Iris works a dead-end job in a match factory, a mindless cog in the industrial machine, supporting her forbidding mother and step-dad in their small two-bedroom apartment. A tragic social life offers a glimmer of hope when she meets a man in a local dance club, whom she desperately falls for. However as with everything […]
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Stockholm, My Love, GFT, 16 – 20 June, 2017
Mark Cousins and cinematographer Christopher Doyle follow I Am Belfast with a heartfelt love letter to the Swedish capital that blurs the boundary between documentary and drama. Stockholm, My Love marks the acting debut of Neneh Cherry as Alva, an architect gripped by PTSD. Alva wanders the streets of Stockholm, reflecting on her relationship with her father, the city’s history as a refuge […]
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Glasgow International Jazz Festival 21 – 25 June, 2017
Glasgow’s longest running continuous music festival – the Glasgow Jazz Festival – begins, discover some of the unmissable events from this year’s programme. Top Picks From This Year’s Festival 21 – 25 June, 2017 Wednesday 21 June, 2017 – Opening Night Jay Phelps at the City of Music Studio, contemporary jazz fans cannot miss […]
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Glasgow Amnesty International Charity Pub Quiz, 22 June, 2017
Glasgow West Amnesty International Group Pub Quiz Fundraiser Thursday 22 June, 2017 7,30 o.m. Record Factory, 17 Byres Rd, Glasgow G11 5RD Come with a team (4 to 6 folk) or join one on the night. £3 per person entry. Prizes! Fun! Battle of wits! Please spread the word and help make Amnesty the big […]
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Thursday, June 15, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Once Upon A Time In The West, GFT, 18 June, 2017
Treat your dad to a special screening of the greatest western in all cinema this Father’s Day. Sergio Leone’s monumental tale of the changing West, centring on widowed landowner Jill McBain (Claudia Cardinale) and the three men who want a piece of her, is epic, iconic, and giddily cinematic. Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson are […]
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The Last of the Mohicans (1920) with Live Score from David Allison Websters Theatre, 17 June, 2017
Websters Theatre (Lansdowne Church), 416 Great Western Road, G4 9HZ Saturday 17 Jun 8:00pm Tickets £8 in advance and £10 at the door (includes booking fee). www.webstersglasgow.com Adapted from James Fenimore Cooper’s famous novel, this 1920s silent film of “The Last of the Mohicans” is the story of two sisters at the fort commanded […]
| Filed under: Cinema, West End Festival 2017, West End Festival Glasgow
Father’s Day Crafternoon Tea Grosvenor Cinema, 24 Ashton Lane 18 June, 2017
Father’s Day Crafternoon Tea Grosvenor Cinema, 24 Ashton Lane, G12 8SJ Sunday 18 June, 2017 2:00pm £25 per person Celebrate Father’s Day with a special screening of “Shaun of the Dead”, a movie where a man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and […]
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Matchbox Cineclub The Name of the Game is Kill, CCA, Thu 15 June 2017
CCA 8.30pm, £5 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 This month our guest programmers – Something Weird Film Club – present one of the most elusive shockers of the late 1960s, Joe Soloman’s psychological thriller The Name of the Game Is Kill. The film has held a certain mystique […]
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Merchant City Festival, 22 – 30 July, 2017
The Merchant City Festival bringing Scottish and international art and entertainment to Glasgow. Fabulous programme of street arts, music, theatre, food and drink, visual art, film, comedy, dance, fashion and design plus activities for children and families activities. The festival provides a perfect showcase for the historic and architecturally unique Merchant City so it’s also […]
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Mick Hargan, Panic Anchor & Katee Kross, Bishiopbriggs School of Music, 17 June, 2017
Singer Songwriting Circle Saturday, 17 June, 2017 at 7 p.m. Bishopbriggs School of Music, 102 Crowhill Road, Huntershill Village, G64 1RP Following the success of their sold out songwriter circle shows at Hug N Pint & The Glad Cafe. Mick Hargan, Panic Anchor & Katee Kross will be performing an intimate version of the Show […]
Africa to Glasgow, Stories of African Refugee Women, Karibu, 24 June, 2017
In collaboration with Glasgow Women’s Library, Karibu Scotland celebrates the lives of African refugee women who have settled here. Your participation will be welcome at the Karibu AGM from 12-1pm–some delicious food and fun afterwards. Special Scotish-African Bookbug Session for pre-school children The event is free but please register to attend or phone 0141 […]
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The Story of Our Life by Shari Low Book Launch, Waterstones Argyle Street, 15 June, 2017
Friday 16 June, 2017 – 6.30 p.m. Shari Low, Daily Record columnist and multitalented author who has dabbled in every genre , joins us to launch her latest novel The Story of Our Life, a dramatic and touching story about grabbing on to love while you have the chance. ~~~~~ Colm strolled into my life […]
Saturday, June 10, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Amy Reeder in Conversation with Frank Quitely, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, 2 July, 2017
2 July, 2017, 1.30 – 3.00 p.m. Amy Reeder is an artist who started drawing through her love of Manga and best know for her work on Batwoman, Moon Girl, and her covers for Supergirl. Amy also co-created Rocket Girl which is published by Image Comics. Amy will talk about her art and career with […]
‘The Cobbler’ – The West Coast Single Launch Show, Friday, 13th Note, 16 June, 2017
davesnewbike presents ‘The Cobbler’ – The West Coast Single Launch Show featuring davesnewbike plus very special guests, Allan Tall and Vince Rodgers Friday 16th June 13th Note, King Street, Glasgow Doors 8 pm, show starts at 8.15 Admission £7 (£5 concessions) * * * * * davesnewbike is a Scottish band creating original, rootsy pop […]
Daughters of the Dust, GFT, 9 – 11 June, 2017
In 1902 South Carolina, at a pivotal moment in American history, three generations of women in the Pezant family grapple with the decision to migrate north, leaving behind their well-preserved Gullah culture inherited from their West African slave ancestors. An avowed influence on Beyoncé’s album Lemonade, Daughters of the Dust broke new ground in its representation of black women on screen and continues to […]
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Friday, June 9, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
La Strada, GFT, 9 – 11 June, 2017
Winner of the first Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1957, Federico Fellini’s heartbreaking tale of broken outsiders has lost none of its power to move audiences. Innocent young Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) is sold by her poverty-stricken mother to brutish travelling strongman Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), to assist him as a street performer. Despite enduring terrible abuse from Zampanò, […]
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